Classical Music Playlist, May 19, 2023
Beethoven in 1805 by Joseph Willibrord Mähler
Beethoven began to write his longest and final Piano Concerto while Napoleon was bombarding Vienna in 1809; a situation Beethoven described as “nothing but drums, cannons, men, misery of all sorts.” And that situation may have added to the character of the work. This was one of fourteen compositions Beethoven dedicated to Archduke Rudolph, his greatest patron, friend and youngest son of Emperor Leopold II and youngest brother of Emperor Franz II. It appears to have been a music publisher that attached the name "Emperor Concerto" to the work. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
6:08 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 8 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
6:37 a.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Madronos
Narciso Yepes, guitar
6:42 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 10 "The Hunt" in Bb major Opus 8 RV 362 (La Caccia)
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
7:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in Eb major K 375
Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
7:35 a.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 12
Connor Chee, piano
7:40 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Enrique Granados
La Maja de Goya
Christopher Parkening, guitar
7:55 a.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
8:18 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:37 a.m.
Hildegard von Bingen
O Virtus Sapientiae (Antiphon for Divine Wisdom)
iSing Silicon Valley Esteli Gomez, soprano
8:41 a.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:45 a.m.
John Williams
Olympic Fanfare
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
9:15 a.m.
Alexandra Streliski
Reveries
Alexandra Streliski, piano
9:20 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:56 a.m.
Philip Glass
Orpheus: Interlude
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute, strings and continuo in G major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
10:10 a.m.
John Barry
Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
Symphony No. 2 in D major
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Jorge Rotter, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Clarinet Quintet: II. Larghetto Affetuoso
Catalyst Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
10:53 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Scherzo from "Death and the Maiden" in D minor D 810
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme": I. Chorale BWV 140 Wachet auf,ruft uns die Stimme
The Bach Ensemble; Joshua Rifkin, conductor
11:07 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
11:39 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Concerto for Wind Quintet: I. Afro
Imani Winds
11:45 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Majorca (Mallorca) Opus 202
Jason Vieaux, guitar
11:54 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
12:15 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Scarborough Fair
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Plinio Fernandes, guitar
12:19 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
12:23 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
12:28 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb major Opus 11
English Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
12:55 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
LA BOHEME: Che Gelida Manina
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
1:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
Prelude in D Flat Major in Db major
Anna Shelest, piano
1:17 p.m.
Robert Schumann
String Quartet in F major Opus 41/2
Melos Quartet
1:40 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Olafur Arnalds
Happiness Does not Wait
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" in Eb major Opus 73
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Kurt Sanderling, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
2:41 p.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
2:45 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Os Justi
Tenebrae; Nigel Short, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite Opus 190
New Zealand Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; John Farrer, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Symphony No. 1: 2nd Movement
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
3:20 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
John Novacek, piano
3:25 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite I (The Temple of Glory)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
3:45 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture Opus 27
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:17 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4/11 RV 204
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
4:25 p.m.
Emilio Pujol
Tango Espagnol
Julian Bream, guitar
4:30 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
4:49 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:59 p.m.
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano
5:29 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Spring Song
Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
5:39 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
5:48 p.m.
Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man--A Mass for Peace: X. Agnus Dei
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Karl Jenkins, conductor National Youth Choir of Great Britain
5:54 p.m.
Alexandra Streliski
Elegie
Alexandra Streliski, piano
